A while ago I discovered just how difficult toothbrushes are to get rid of. The plastic is too mixed and varied for them to be recycled easily and most have some sort of rubber molded into them — plus, the germ factor made it all an unpleasant process. With recycling out the question, the internet only offered up a few solutions. A popular one being: make them into bracelets. Which, although a lovely upcycling idea, isn’t really a solution. A lot of people use them for cleaning small, hard to reach areas, but this can only require so many brushes and with a recommended replacement time of every 3 months you’re likely to have piles of old toothbrushes and very clean taps. Some people use them as planters and some toothbrushes have changeable heads, reducing the amount of plastic being chucked out every 3 months.
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Seattle is Jumping On the Bag Ban Wagon
Seattle, WA may be the next city to ban plastic bags, as a clear and more simplistic ordinance is presented to the community.
The local environmental community is urging the Seattle City Council to consider a ban on plastic bags. Although nothing has been put into effect yet, the council members have been in talks with grocers and retailers to plan a better assimilation of the ban than the failed 2008 city effort to charge 20-cent fees for paper and plastic bags. In the last three years Environmentalists have found stronger evidence that plastic bags clog landfills, effect shorebirds and marine life, and although they may breakdown into smaller pieces over time — they never truly decompose. Along with community members of Seattle, the People of Puget Sound, the Sierra Club and the Surfrider Foundation are also in support of the plastic bag ban.
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